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Kristensen, Tom (f. 1955)

Tom Kristensen is a Norwegian economist, engineer and author born in Tjøme, Vestfold county. He has won fame as a writer of financial thrillers. Kristensen was educated at Kongsberg Engineering College and at the Bergen School of Economics, graduating in 1981. He later worked for Statens Teknologiske Institutt in Kristiansand until he moved to Oslo.
He first worked as a financial adviser at an ...

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Alvirah Meehan

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Meehan is a cleaner who wins 40 million dollars on the lottery, which allows her to work as an amateur detective. Alvirah is the protagonist in a string of novels by Mary Higgins Clark, some written in collaboration with her daughter Carol. All the stories are set around Christmas and feature her other protagonist, Regan Reilly.

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